Corn-popper



D. LUMBERT. Corn-Popper.

No. 228,2Q5. Patented .lune 1,1880.

Inventar.'

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N-`PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. wnsw'lmon, n c,

IINTTED STATES CORNWPOPPERl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 228,205, dated June 1, 1880,

Application filed February 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, DANIEL LUMBERT, ofCentreville, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Corn-Popper orCoffee-Roaster, and I hereby declare the following to be a full andclear description thereof.

The nature and object of this invention will be readily understood bythe accompanying drawings and by the subjoined description.

Figure I of the drawings is a side elevation of the rolling screen orroaster proper supported on two end bearings. Fig. 2 is an end elevationof the saine parts shown in Fig. l, except that the front-end support isremoved the better to show the cylinder. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional elevation of the complete machine, showing the removablecover. Fig. 4 is a detail, showing the arrangement of the arbor orjournal and the standards or braces.

The roaster or popper consists of a cylindrical screen or shield, A,formed preferably of wire-cloth, and secured in its cylindrical form bytwo circular end plates, A and A2, to which the wire-cloth is attached,and which are centrally secured to the axle or arbor B, onwhich thescreen or roaster revolves.

The supported axle or arbor B has its bearings in two end supports orstands, G, which may be set directly upon the stove or other heater, thearbor passing through the said stands, so as to hold the whole of theparts A, B, and C together.

The stands C are formed so as to furnish a double journal-bearing. Wherethey meet at the top the arbor passes through. They then bend over,forming a bow and exposing the journal or arbor for a short space, andat the end of the cylinder niake another bearing. This enables thecylinder to be placed over a hole in the stove, while the stands orbraces sit at considerable distance away on the stoves cover, thuskeeping cool.

One end, A', of the cylinder is provided with two half-disks, one ofwhich is held iirmly in place, while the other slides over it, so as tomake an opening to allow the admission or removal of the corn or coffee.The sliding halfis lettered a, and is hung upon the arbor,

which passes through the center of the cylinder.

Asemi-eylindrical cover, D, is provided for shutting down over theioaster, so as to keep the heat in during the roasting operation. Theends of this cover are slotted from the shaft down, sc as t0 permit thesaid cover to be set down over the popper or left off at pleasure, ahandle or lifter being attached to the top side of the cover for thispurpose. This handle is of any ordinary vor convenient form, and I havenot thought it necessary to show it in the drawings..

There will be one or more vent-holes, d, in the top ofthe cover D, asshown in Fig. 3, for the escape of any steam or hot air that may begenerated during the roasting operation.

The roaster or pepper, constructed as above described, may be set on topof a properlyheated stove or other suitable heated surface, and usedeither to roast coffee or-pop corn, the roaster A being turned duringthe roasting operation by means of the projecting' arbor B.

I am aware that openings have been made in the ends of devices of thiskind and covered by sliding doors, and I do not broadly cla-im such; but

What I do claim is- The herein-described improved coffee-master orcorn-popper, consisting of the cylinder A, having a closed and apartially-open end, the latter formed of two half-disks, one permanentlyfixed and the other, a, pivoted to the arbor and sliding over the fixeddisk, the arbor B, the stand C, forming the double bearing, asdescribed, and the cover D, all arranged and combined as described, andfor the purpose set forth.v

DANIEL LUMBERT.

Witnesses:

F. G. KELLEY, GEO. F. Mniees.

